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"Ready with the gun forward there, Mr Catwell?" said Yerk. "All ready, sir." "Fire!" Pent up as we were in a narrow channel, walled in on each side with towering precipitous rocks, the explosion, multiplied by the echoes into a whole broadside, was tremendous, and absolutely deafening.
The little vessel approached. "Shorten sail, Mr Yerk, and heave the ship to," said the Captain to the first lieutenant. "Ay, ay, sir." "All hands, Mr Catwell."
"What is she?" sung out the skipper to the man at the masthead who had hailed. "A small schooner, sir; she has fired a gun, and hoisted an ensign and pennant." "How is she steering?" "She has edged away for us, sir." "Very well. Mr Yerk, make the signal for the convoy to stand on." Then to the boatswain "Mr Catwell, have the men gone to breakfast?" "No, sir, but they are just going."
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